About Amey

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Highways Management Operative to join our Area 12 team in Doncaster.

The salary for this role is between £11.61 and £13.54 per hour depending on your experience, qualification and valid licenses.

Amey is working in partnership with Area 12 Highways England since June 2021. Area 12 is made up of 476km dual carriageway, 179km single carriageway and 1,963 structures. We provide routine, cyclic and winter maintenance and response across Yorkshire and Humberside, also overseeing traffic management during incidents and the operation of the ten maintenance depots in the region. Ensuring our roads are well- maintained and well- managed, through all-weather seasons we aim to help reduce traffic incidents and severity of road accidents as well as ensure road user of Yorkshire and Humberside feel safer.

Highways Management Operative plays an important part in the installation of temporary traffic management. All aspects of highway maintenance works including routine and cyclic maintenance activities, minor civil’s works, litter picking, etc. Undertake Winter and emergency call out and standby.

The standard hours of work are 4 days on and 4 days off with a rotation of a day and a night shifts. Day shift starts at 06:00 am and finishes at 18:00, night shift starts at 18:00 to 06:00 am.

Work-life balance and flexibility are key for our success. We empower our people to make choices that are right for them, with hybrid, part-time and flexible work patterns. And with a network of offices across the UK, we’re open to discussing working options that suit you.

You will be responsible for:

• Driving and operating vehicles/plant which require general and specialist skills; this duty includes daily vehicle/plant checks prior to shift starting, routine and cyclic maintenance activities such as EG oil and water checks etc.,
• Ensure the satisfactory completion of work in accordance with instructions and compliant with Amey’s Health and Safety At Work requirements, as well as Health and Safety legislation,
• Allocation and capturing time and resource utilisation in line with operated allocation system,
• Footway and carriageway patching, kerbing works, ironworks, minor civils’ works and drainage,
• Winter maintenance operations which includes undertaking winter and emergency call out and standby,
• Communicate and liaise with other employees of Amey, sub-contractors, the emergency services, the police, the general public, clients and customers.

What makes this role unique is an excellent opportunity for a career growth as we offer upskilling and reskilling opportunities within the Amey.

We want to hear from you if you have:

• Driving license category B & HGV class C
• Enthusiastic, hardworking, and self-motivated individuals with experience working in a fast paced, arduous, outdoor environment,
• Ability to work under challenging weather conditions,
• Effective team worker with good communication and problem-solving skills (ToolBox Talk),
• Ensure the satisfactory completion of work in accordance with instructions and compliant with Amey’s Health and Safety At Work requirements.

Ideal candidate will hold valid and clear C1 HGV class C driving license and CPC qualification with experience within the highway maintenance, street work or groundwork maintenance.

In addition to this, it would be desirable if you have NRSWA accreditation, although this is not essential as we will provide you with the required development you need to bring you up to speed.

What we offer you

When you join us, we can offer flexibility, career development, a choice of benefits and support that help you through all life’s ups and downs. It’s the reason why Investors in People put us among the top 1% of employers and we have a competitive reward and benefits program:

• Career Development - Exceptional development and progression plan
• Pension – Generous Pension scheme which we will contribute to
• Holidays - Minimum 24 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Choices - Our flexible benefits scheme is tailored by you, including buying additional annual leave, cycle2work scheme, charity giving and gym membership
• Save with Amey - Our online voucher portal gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in. It includes healthcare, free GP service, dental vouchers
• Social Value - You’ll get 2 Community Involvement Days each year to volunteer for a charity of your choice and further opportunities to support fundraising initiatives

We embrace difference and support individuals to work in ways that work best for them.

We are committed to working sustainably and by working in partnership with the communities we serve, so people and the planet are protected.

At Amey, you have freedom to perform because we know if nothing holds you back, together, we can be extraordinary.

Who is Amey?

• We are at the heart of modern Britain, helping the economy to grow by designing, maintaining and transforming the nation’s strategic assets.

• Our 11,000 people are behind the critical services the country relies on every day.

• Our unique engineering and operations experience, together with data driven insight from our consulting business, delivers better results for our clients. (Consulting to review and amend as appropriate)

• We are trusted partners of Government – both national and local – managing assets and complex projects that are vital to the sustainable growth of the country.

To find out more take a look at our website www.amey.co.uk

Application Guidance

Amey is committed to Inclusion and Diversity. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.

Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs and reasonable adjustments that may be required at any point during the recruitment process.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date should we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Apply today – We are excited to hear from you!

What makes this role unique?

You will help to deliver a best in class service for our client.